Facts and Figures

HMS By the Numbers

• Total faculty: 11,502
• Tenured and tenure-track faculty on the HMS campus in 10 preclinical departments: 191
• Voting faculty on campus and at affiliates: 6,005
• Full-time faculty on campus and at affiliates: 9,457
• Nobel Prizes (cumulative) in Medicine or Physiology, Peace: 9 prizes, 15 recipients
• National Academy of Medicine members (current): 153
• National Academy of Sciences members (current): 81
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (current):
  • Investigators: 36
  • Faculty Scholars: 3
• Total MD students: 712
• Total PhD students: 889

MD-PhD students (included in MD and PhD counts)

• Basic Sciences: 159
• Social Sciences: 20
• Total DMD students: 136
• Total MMSc students: 187
• Total MBE students: 50
• Total MBI students: 36
• Total MHQS: 13
• Total DMSc students: 35
• Trainees: (residents and postdoctoral fellows): 9,184

Students

Entering MD students, 2018

• MD (includes 13 MD–PhD students): 165
• Applicants: 6,917
• Admitted: 232 (3.4%)
• Matriculated (includes 13 MD-PhD students): 165
• Men: 70 (42%)
• Women: 95 (58%)
• Underrepresented in medicine (African-American, Native American, Hispanic, Mexican-American): 40 (24%)
• Asian: 53 (32%)

Additional entering students, 2018

• PhD: 145
• DMD: 36
• MMSc: 83
• MBE: 36
• MBI: 20
• MHQS: 11
• DMSc: 7
• Additional joint-degree programs:
  • MD-MBA
  • MD-MPH
  • MD-MPP
• Medical school alumni: 9,956 (MD and MMSc)

MD Financial Aid (Fiscal Year 2017)

• Average scholarship: $46,250
• Annual unit loan:
  • $33,950 (entering students)
  • $33,050 (2nd year students)
  • $30,400 (3rd year students)
  • $28,300 (4th year students)
• Students receiving financial aid (excluding MD–PhD students): 73%
• (2015-16) Students graduating with loans: 105
• (2015-16) Average loan debt at graduation: $101,478
• Range of debt (Class of 2016): $6,465–$280,197

Tuition and Fees (2016 - 2017)

• Tuition: $58,050
• Fees: $4,311

Tuition and Fees (2017 - 2018)

• Tuition: $59,800
• Fees: $4,272